Tempered reaction among American Muslims to cartoon row

Gulf Times (Doha) ^ | 2/5/06 | Editors

[lancer]

“Where do we draw the line on your freedom of speech and hurting my feelings and principles and irritating the hell out of me?”

Let us know when you are leaving and we'll know where to draw the line.

By the way, reading this article, it dawned on me where the expression "poobah" might have come from: pbuh....?

[pipecorp]

no, poop be upon him.

[Philistone]

“People are scared,” he said. “We have a government saying it is spying on us and it’s scaring the living daylights out of people. Not to mention LOTS of Americans with guns...

[mewzilla]

Fear of reprisals...

For rioting, arson, assault, murder, threat-making, destruction of property, et al?

You betcha.

For writing non-threatening letters to the editor, cancelling your newspaper subscription, peaceful demonstration, et al?

Nope.

[silverleaf]

Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable.

Wrong answer, Kurt. Incitement is regrettable. Becoming religiously or ethnically VIOLENT ... because of a cartoon in a free press .... is unacceptable.

[BW2221]

Every time I see "Peace Be Upon Him" or PBUM I want to puke.

[truth_seeker]

Any US muslims condemn the violence? Didn't think so.

[indcons]

Integration, eh? Is that why muslims in Detroit (or "Mecca in Michigan" as I call it) were celebrating in their localities after 9/11?

[DarthVader]

"Fear of reprisals and the fact that the offending cartoons have not been reprinted in any major US newspapers may also have contributed to the lack of street protests and violence..."

You bet the fear of American citizens wielding superior firepower and burning their mosques to ground cause them to be restrained.

[ncountylee]

Tempered reaction comes from the fact that we are armed and willing to defend our freedoms.

[Mila]

"“People are scared,” he said."


Good.

[Hugin]

"People are scared,” he said. “We have a government saying it is spying on us and it’s scaring the living daylights out of people.

Try being a Christian in a Mooslim country for a while, then talk to us about fear.

[DarthVader]

"“People are scared,” he said.

Good."

That's what I want them to be.

[RightWhale]

“The other day the president of Iran made a statement about the Holocaust and the whole world condemned him,” he said. “Here you have a statement offending 1.3bn people around the world. Why don’t we see condemnation?”

Is this rationalist wh*&^ comparing the murder of six million citizens of European countries with a cartoon?

[Founding Father]

Tempered reaction among US Muslims to the row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) can be attributed to...

my second amendment rights, which I am not afraid to use.

[Hugin]

I prefer "The False-Prophet Mohammed, may he burn in hell (MHBIH)".

[DarthVader]

.....and the fear of being lynched. Using a rope is cheaper and funner to watch.

[Reagan Man]

"Consider the following. If you say something negative about Joseph Smith or Brigham Young, the Mormons won’t threaten to kill you. If you malign Moses, Orthodox rabbis won’t issue a fatwah against you. If you insult Jesus, in a painting or play, you’re likely to get a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. It’s only the apostles of the Religion of Peace who are ready to whack you for looking cross-eyed at their beloved prophet."
—Don Feder, RELIGION OF PEACE WATCH, October 28, 2002

[BubbaTheRocketScientist]

I thought PBUM was "pigs be upon him"...

[bayouranger]

State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question.

“We all fully recognise and respect freedom of the press and expression, but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable.”

HOW, is telling the truth..unacceptable?

Madison, where are you now?